News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-01
STOWE.

Lizzie, daughter of DR.. Barrows, is in
town visiting friends.
Mrs. Barr and daughter have returned
to Hardwick to reside.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass and wife have rela-
tives stopping with them.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass will preach at Wa
terbury Center next Sunday.
George Stafford, of Boston, is spend
ing few days with his brother John.
Mrs. [. F. Whitney, of Lowell, Mass,
is stopping with Phoebe Butts and others.
Lucian Lamson is spending few days
with his parents, A. c. Lamson and wife.
Mrs. r. G. Mower has gone to Peter
boro, n. H., where Mr.. Mower is in bus
mess.
The Sunday school of Unity church
had picnic in the Lovejoy grove on Sat
urday.
An excursion from Boston is billed for
Stowe and Mt. Mansfield and may be ex-
pected any day.
Mr.. Almy, of Almy, Bigelow & Wash
burne, of Salem, Mass, is in town, stop
ping with friends.
Mr.. James E. Miles and family were
recently here from Burlington visiting
old acquaintance.
A picnic was held at Moss Glen on
Saturday, Aug. 20, by a goodly number
of the young people of the Branch.
The railroad is not yet quite completed
but it is said that surveying will COM
mence when the Central folks get round
to it,
The autumn hues are fast identifying
the forests of the mountain sides and the
views from the summit are now the best
of the season.
The band boys are much pleased with
the attention paid them at the reunion at
Morrisville last week, and speak highly
of the occasion.
A Raymond excursion party, from
Boston arrived at the Mansfield House
Monday evening, and will visit the noun
tain during its stay.
The Good Templars have changed
their weekly meetings to Saturday even
| ings, and the next meeting will be on the
evening of Sept, 10.
Quarterly meeting services will be held
at the M. E. church on Sunday next at
the usual morning hour, Rev. Mr.. Web
ster, of Waterbury Center. officiating.
Schools at the village will commence
next Monday, with J. III. BiXby and the
Misses Stowe and Simmons as teachers
Several other schools are already in ses-
sion.
4tAi % i1uiliSS iAdISGI HdU DlTGIl-udN
party on Friday last. most of her child
rem and grandchildren being present
The circle is large and the annual occa-
sions pleasant. Her age is so.
j. F. Sherwin has recently sold his fine
black horse "Ned' to Oscar Sherwin OF
MOrristown. 1t is a very fine animal and
one among large number which he has
trained and sold during the past few
years, for some of which he has realized
fancy prices.
The drum CORPSE will render HAL
Hazard; or, the Federal Spy" a popu.
lar play, at the vestry of Unity church
OH Friday and Saturday evenings of this
week. Admission Is cents. The bows
will furnish good entertainment and
desire a houseful to assist them in meet.
ing some OF their expenses.
Ezra Gregg, as an experiment. planted
one bushel of potatoes of the Late Rose
variety, last fall and has recently due
some of them. If those that he handed
us on Saturday are fair sample we car
personally witness to their quality. The,
were of good size, free from blemish anC
in all respects nice looking tuber, fin,
grained and mealy. He approves of this
method of planting in the tall and ma,
be in the right way of agriculture.